Re: [NAFEX] Killing Poison Ivy

[Sam Franc <franc@oregonfast.net>]

A mixture of Roundup and 2-4-D works pretty well.
Sam

Don Yellman wrote:

> Michael:
>
> If you want to get rid of poison ivy without using herbicides, you might
> consider small nuclear devices.  But back to reality here.  Poison ivy
> cannot be dug out, grubbed out, or wished out.  The best medicine is
> 2,4-D applied when the plants are fully leafed out, and it will have to
> be done more than once, perhaps in successive seasons.  Oddly enough,
> 2,4-D is more effective than the much pricier glyphosate (Roundup) at
> eliminating p.i.  If there are mature vines climbing the trees, cut them
> off low to the ground first with a pruning shears (wearing gloves).
>  When a flush of leaves appears at the base, that is the time to hit
> them.  I have had quite a bit of experience with p.i. around here, and
> have taken out vines that had grown to over an inch thick.  Almost big
> enough to make furniture.  Even after they are dead they are toxic to
> the skin.  I have also used 2,4-D around the base of my fruit trees
> against dicots like chickweed for many years, still do, and there has
> been absolutely no sign of damage.  I think if there were a lot of
> suckering growth around the trees I would cut that off first, since
> 2,4-D is absorbed primarily through the leaves, but after that, the bark
> of the tree will fully protect it against 2,4-D.
>
> Rgds, Don Yellman, Great Falls, VA
>
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